This should bring some good debate…

Agree with most except when it comes to incites into tipping and the economics of a restaurant. Anyone willing to say that tipping should be banned, should be willing for prices of food to go up by 20%. While I agree that the service profession should absolutely be celebrated and enshrined as a legitimate and worthwhile career with all the benefits, raises and longevity that should come with that, the current economics of restaurants does not allow for simply taking on the costs of 40 salaried workers. The money to do that would have to come from somewhere and unless you are Danny Meyer or Mario Batali, the owner doesn’t have it…